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James Meredith Quotes

born 1933 United States

James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser, and Air Force veteran who became, in 1962, the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated University of Mississippi after the intervention of the federal government (an event that was a flashpoint in the Civil rights movement).

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What any human being can do in life depends upon the foundation laid between birth and age five.

Interview with Esquire (2012)

Democracy has some good points, but it ain't hardly what most Americans think it is.

Interview with Jackson Free Press (2008)

To get people to see beyond themselves is the most difficult thing of all.

Interview with Esquire (2012)

What we need is to shift the focus from race and color to rich and poor.

Interview with Jackson Free Press (2008)

What I did at Ole Miss had nothing to do with going to classes. My objective was to destroy the system of white supremacy.

Interview with Esquire (2012)

I've always bragged about getting my principles from my father, but it was my momma who showed me how.

Interview with Esquire (2012)

The biggest untold story in American history is what happened to the Native Americans east of the Mississippi River.

Interview with Esquire (2012)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Meredith (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.